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Science X / Kakapel rock art timeline reveals 9,000 years of painters in Kenya

A recent study published in Azania: Archaeological Research in Africa presents the first millimeter-accurate recording of the paintings at Kakapel rock shelter in Kenya, linking the layers of rock art painted over thousands ...

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Science X / Best of Last Week—Earth may have had rings, an improved nuclear battery, a new approach to defibrillation

It was a good week for space science, as a trio of Earth scientists at Monash University found evidence that Earth may have had a ring system 466 million years ago—in studying plate tectonics during the Ordovician period, ...

Sep 23, 2024
Science X / Best of Last Week—Earth gets temporary moon, Hyperloop tests vehicle, why some parents don't store guns well

It was a good week for space science as a pair of asteroid dynamics researchers from Universidad Complutense de Madrid Ciudad Universitaria found that a small asteroid will make one orbit around the Earth starting this month ...

Sep 16, 2024
Science X / Best of Last Week—Earthquakes may form gold nuggets, IQ limits computer prowess, elephant seals caught foraging

It was a good week for geology research as a team of geologists at Monash University found evidence that the electricity generated by earthquakes might be the secret behind the formation of giant gold nuggets around the globe. ...

Sep 9, 2024
Science X / Best of Last Week—Submerged ancient bridge found in Spain, LLMs exhibit covert racism, algorithm makes spacecraft safer

It was a good week for behavior research of ancient humans, as a team of Earth scientists from the U.S. and Spain reported that a submerged ancient bridge discovered in a Spanish cave sheds light on human colonization of ...

Sep 2, 2024
Science X / Best of Last Week—Japanese ancestry challenged, loophole in digital wallets, using AI to diagnose genetic disease

It was a good week for biological research as a trio of paleontologists from the University of Tsukuba, UC Berkeley, and Kyoto University found evidence of a new species of extinct walrus-like mammal that once roamed the ...

Aug 19, 2024
Science X / Best of Last Week—Higgs particle instability; solar energy without panels; the downside of a keto diet

It was an interesting week for physics research as a small team of physicists at King's College London and the Astronomical Center of the Polish Academy of Sciences found evidence that the Higgs particle could have ended ...

Aug 12, 2024
Science X / Best of Last Week—Royal mystery solved, eavesdropping on HDMI cables, new diagnostic test for Alzheimer's

It was a good week for biology research as researchers at the Laboratory of Medical Sciences in London and the Laboratory of Molecular Biology in Cambridge solved a decades-old mystery that could pave the way to better cancer ...

Aug 5, 2024
Science X / Best of Last Week—Boat hitting shark recorded, realistic rendering of fabrics, tiny heart deletions linked to AFib

It was a busy week for oceanic biology research as a small team of marine biologists from the U.S. and Ireland recorded the first-ever images and data of a shark being struck by a boat—the seven-meter-long basking shark was ...

Jul 29, 2024
Science X / Best of Last Week—Pure sulfur on Mars, intuitive robot teleoperation, and Vesuvius discovery

It was a good week for space research, as NASA's Curiosity rover exposed a region of Mars rich with pure sulfur, the first time the element has been seen in its pure form on the planet. Also, while investigating the supermassive ...

Jul 22, 2024
Science X / Best of Last Week—Brain riddle solved, AI-assisted stories are better, gene behind neuro-disorders found

It was a good week for biology research as an international team of geneticists and AI experts reframed the narrative of Neanderthals and other ancient humans through their study of the history of genetic intermingling—adding ...

Jul 15, 2024
Science X / Best of Last Week—Humans killed off mammoths, new way to make titanium alloys, regenerating neurons

It was an interesting week for human history research, as a team with the Danish National Research Foundation's Center for Ecological Dynamics in a Novel Biosphere, at Aarhus University, found evidence that, over time, humans ...

Jul 8, 2024